William V of Bavaria

William V of Bavaria (29 September 1548-7 February 1626) was Duke of Bavaria from 24 October 1579 to 15 October 1597, succeeding Albert V and preceding Maximilian I.

Biography
William von Wittelsbach was born in Landshut, Bavaria in 1548, the son of Albert V of Bavaria and Archduchess Anna of Austria. He received a Jesuit education and resided at Trausnitz Castle before succeeding his father as Duke of Bavaria in 1579, upon which he supported the Counter-Reformation and expelled non-Catholics from Bavaria; he was also a patron of the arts. He abdicated in favor of his son Maximilian I of Bavaria in 1597 and retired to a monastery, where he died in 1626.